I have to say you guys aren't making me feel very good talking about $. I bought my '89 iX a bit over a year ago for $1600 then converted the dead automatic to a 5 spd. I've gone through the car top to bottom: head, trans. (clutch obviously) axle boots, shocks/struts, seats, lights etc. Over $7.5k in parts, $2.5k in outside labor and a year of my spare time. Good thing I'm not planning to sell it anytime soon.

I also really can wait for spring!!!!! I am so tired of the snow boots that are on my cars right now. E36 is running 225 blizzaks on all four corners and it really wants it's staggard summer set up back on. The ix is running 185 studs and I am really tired of those! Especially when we really haven't gotten any snow.

I also really can wait for spring!!!!! I am so tired of the snow boots that are on my cars right now. E36 is running 225 blizzaks on all four corners and it really wants it's staggard summer set up back on. The ix is running 185 studs and I am really tired of those! Especially when we really haven't gotten any snow.

I agree; I'm getting sideways even in third on my crappy all-season winter rubber.

+10000000. I'm enjoying every minute of my swap results. I still don't understand why you got rid of it. lol

Because I went to crazy with it. I was running 550/750 springs on the coilovers, 22mm front bar, no rear bar. No P/S or A/C, no sound deadening, etc.

And it was originally just supposed to be an M50 swap and stay my daily driver. And with taht much HP (it dyno'd at 235) I had the uncontrollable desire to flog the car everywhere. Nearly 300crank HP in an E30 is monsterous fun, as you know.

The M42 is slow, and nothing will change that. So I don't feel the need to beat on it on the street, and driving a slow car fast is much more fun than driving a fast car slow.

just a thought to get him started, that way he can go to track events and just get a tow vehicle when funds allow it, I know quite a few people who auto-x their DD's or drive their street-legal track rats to events

just a thought to get him started, that way he can go to track events and just get a tow vehicle when funds allow it, I know quite a few people who auto-x their DD's or drive their street-legal track rats to events

Umm, he's a seasoned driver. lol
Those kind tend to have professional equipment, such as tow vehicles.